Francisco Ramírez Pérez

Type of Grant: Micro-Grant

Use of Grant: Buy supplies to plant one or two manzanas of land

Amount requested: $1500.00

Raised so far: $1500.00

Amount still needed: $0

Francisco Ramírez Pérez was clearing land on his coffee farm when his machete hit a landmine. When Francisco woke up in the hospital a day later they had amputated his hand. Francisco, his wife and their six children had to relocate while Francisco was recovering from the accident. In the interim his coffee trees died. He would like to return to coffee farming but can’t afford new trees. He is asking for a grant to buy seeds and supplies to replant his farm.

Location: Waslala, Matagalpa, Nicaragua
In country partner: Walking Unidos
Grant ID: 112N
Profile ID: 3

A Micro-Grant was awarded to Francisco,
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People Affected

We've created this website to be a place where people who work in the coffee industry and coffee consumers can make a connection with the coffee farmers, workers and their families who deal with landmines on a daily basis.

Look through the profiles here and direct your money to be part of a Micro-Grant to someone trying to work, create a business or improve an existing one, or send someone in their family to school. Micro-Grants do not have to be repaid. They are one way the Trust can provide resources for people to help themselves.

Micro-Grants are handled via PayPal through the Polus Center for Social and Economic Development.

The Coffeelands Landmine Victims’ Trust works in partnership with the Polus Center, a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to supporting people with disabilities since 1979.